Iowa Wage Survey
Information And Definitions
Survey
Information
Iowa
Wage Survey estimates are based on May, 2006 wages which have
been updated to the second quarter of 2007 using the Employment Cost Index. It
should be noted that these are not official Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)
data series and are not validated by BLS however they provide additional
information that can be valuable to users of wage data.
All wage data are reported as hourly except for
teaching occupations and education administrators.
Some occupations may not have data for Iowa. When
only a few workers are reported, we are required to suppress publication for
that occupation if data would reveal confidential employer information.
Information is also suppressed if the resulting estimates have a low degree of
confidence.
The Bureau Of Labor Statistics website for the
Occupational Employment Statistics Website located at http://www.bls.gov/oes/ is a resource for
national wage information. Data are also available for all states and
metropolitan statistical areas.
Survey Definitions
Mean Wage refers to the average wage and is
computed by dividing the estimated total wage for an occupation by its
weighted employment.
Entry Wage is the average of the lowest third of
reported wages for the occupation.
Experienced Wage is the average of the upper
two-thirds of reported wages for the occupation.
10th Percentile Wage is the point at which 10% of
the employment was below this wage and 90% was above.
25th Percentile Wage is the point at which 25% of
the employment was below this wage and 75% was above.
Median Wage or 50th Percentile Wage is the point at
which 50% of the employment was below this wage and 50% was above.
75th Percentile Wage is the point at which 75% of
the employment was below this wage and 25% was above.
90th Percentile Wage is the point at which 90% of
the employment was below this wage and 10% was above.
Wage Survey 2007
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